Breaking Bad Video Essay: Self Acceptance Isn't Enough. Guilt is Good (Jesse Pinkman)

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@zeitgeist5134 4 ай бұрын

Your focus on the therapist's advocacy of self-acceptance is a welcome addition to the analyses of BB. One initially buys into the therapist's advice on account of one's deep compassion for Jesse. Jesse's rejection of that advice is a wake-up call inviting us to engage in critical thinking. The writers of BB have done brilliant work. They give us a nuanced, complex, uncomfortable examination of morality. BB is the Shakespeare of our time.

@DrUpauli 4 ай бұрын

I agree. Although I'd say he feels more like a dostoyevsky tonally

@zeitgeist5134 4 ай бұрын

@@DrUpauli Ah! Yes. Tortured souls, some deluding themselves, some unable to delude themselves...and all trapped by their circumstances and foolish decisions? No doubt you would have a far more erudite distillation of Mr. D's work (and the comparison). I suppose that I was thinking of BB as a work of theater...ergo, Shakespeare. I do believe that university students will be writing theses about BB 200 years from now (if the intellectual depth of videos of analysis like yours is any indication). That is, if any students still study literature. ;-)

@CrispySenpai 2 ай бұрын

@@DrUpauli all I kept thinking about throughout the course of this video was exactly dostoevsky. Mad respect, D is my favorite author and best author of all time.

@andreat6882 11 ай бұрын

you can feel guilt and still accept yourself at the same time. yes you can feel bad about something you have done, but all you can do is learn from that situation and do better. there is no reason to ruminate on a mistake youve made. we are all human and everyone should have self acceptance AND be able to improve yourself.

@user-vi2xd9om5n 5 ай бұрын

This!

@CrispySenpai 2 ай бұрын

No you can’t. To accept something is to not change it. You’re either okay with something or you’re not. You can be okay with yourself, or you can not be okay with yourself. Of course there can be aspects of yourself you accept, but there should be aspects of yourself you do not accept, and these come with guilt, and guilt leads us to improvement. Without guilt there would be no improvement and we would all be childish selfish people

@andreat6882 2 ай бұрын

@@CrispySenpai hi! you misunderstood my comment. acceptance does not mean being okay with something. acceptance is neutral. acceptance has nothing to do with applying a positive or negative value.m to that thing. acceptance means acknowledging something and not judging yourself for it. for example, you can acknowledge that you need to lose weight in order to more properly take care of your health but not judge yourself for your situation at the same time. guilt and shame only motivate us to do things out of hate for ourselves, and often times only makes you feel worse in the end. if your only motivator is shame or hate for yourself, not only will you suffer mentally in the process, but you will most likely not reach your goal. if you learn how to value and prioritize yourself as a human being with worth, you will find that its easier to do the work done needed to take care of yourself and those around you.

@CrispySenpai 2 ай бұрын

@@andreat6882 I don’t think it’s bad to judge ourselves; sometimes we really fuck up and a good judge would call us guilty for it, and our human nature desires to be punished for it. But I think the heart of your comment and response is shame. The video does a great job of separating guilt and shame, and I agree that we shouldn’t just live in constant shame. But guilt does drive people to become better, and that is a good thing.

@andreat6882 2 ай бұрын

@@CrispySenpai i think accountability and acknowledging the things you have done wrong are important, but the response you should have is to try to correct the damage youve caused and work to make sure you dont cause the damage again. there is no point in feeling guilt OR shame. guilt shows that you are remorseful for your actions, and i think being aware that you have caused harm is of course a good thing, but there is no point in dwelling on that or what youve done. all you can do is move forward, try to make things better, and not do it again

@evanmil0minefly 4 ай бұрын

The sad reality of Jesse is that it reflects alot of young teens or adults that are genuinely kind hearted but because of circumstances fall into that kind of life, like Mike says it there are bad cops and good criminals, bad priest and honorable robbers. Jesse is a reminder not only accept what u did but repent and strive to do better, improve ur self into a better person. Great video analysis

@adrian_veidt 25 күн бұрын

The interesting thing is Guilt and acceptance are not enough. Aaron paul's character in Bojack Horseman said it, "You can't keep doing this. You can't keep doing shitty things and feel bad about yourself like that makes it okay. You need to be better!"

@jakefromstatefarm6969 5 ай бұрын

Self acceptance has been helpful for me, and although its somewhat different than what the group leaders idea of it is, its still somewhat based on it. Self acceptance doesnt mean you just say that everything you did was good and move on. Its about facing and taking accountability for the bad things you did in the past, but also its choosing that those things wont define you, and that they dont have to be the things you do in the future. The 'accept' part of it is about coming to terms with your past and looking at it truthfully, instead of ignoring or sugarcoating it. I think the big issue with it is that self acceptance is just one step of the process, it has to be followed by action in pursuit of improvement. It also works best when the person youve harmed the most is yourself, so the message didnt work as well for jesse.

@jonm.678 9 ай бұрын

Surprised this doesn’t have more views. This was a very nuanced take- great video

@DrUpauli 9 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@KN-hg2nv Жыл бұрын

We need more people who think like you. subscribed.

@DrUpauli Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@CrispySenpai 2 ай бұрын

I’ve watched many BB analysis videos, but this video might capture what makes it the best show of all time. We live in a very selfish and self accepting world, where everyone tries to pretend like there is not “good and evil”, but our subconscious minds scream against this, and that is illustrated best in breaking bad. “Virtue doesn’t make sense in a world of survival of the fittest, and the consequence of virtue is suffering.” Maybe this is why Dostoevsky tells us in the brothers Karamazov to “seek happiness in sorrow” through the great Zosima.

@DrUpauli 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for the high praise! I'm glad you enjoyed it, I was pretty proud of this video

@franciscadri3090 11 ай бұрын

i can't believe this has 2000 views, it's incredible! i love ur insight and i think it goes as far as making me and possibly others introspect about our own lives and how we deal with guiltand shame. i definitely took your ideas to heart :)

@DrUpauli 11 ай бұрын

Thank you! You can help change the low view count you know, share it everywhere you can and think will be useful!

@DraculaCronqvist 3 күн бұрын

I would not go so far as saying that guilt is always good - because some people absolutely engage in performative guilt. They feel guilty for what they do, but have no desire to change because what they do still feels too good to stop. So they feel guilty, so they can tell themselves how they are really a better person, despite not making an effort to be better. Saul Goodman is a perfect example of this.

@Southern19 4 ай бұрын

Great video. I really loved the distinction made between guilt and shame

@DrUpauli 4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@NYQINA 11 ай бұрын

Insanely thought provoking, and awesome perspective that you brought to the table! Awsome analysis man!

@DrUpauli 11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@KatoBeyond Жыл бұрын

Great video, right as I finished my Breaking Bad rewatch

@DrUpauli Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@Dad8od Жыл бұрын

Great video! Flies in the face of everyone"speaking their own truth."

@chrisgarcia6413 7 ай бұрын

Step 1 for change is acceptance

@CrispySenpai 2 ай бұрын

Accept what you did was wrong. We can’t change behavior if we don’t recognize/accept that our behavior was wrong in the first place.

@tesladavinci 3 ай бұрын

All of these Breaking Bad analysis videos are great!

@DrUpauli 3 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@Z-Man125 Жыл бұрын

Very good insightful video. Funnily enough I found your channell by accident because of your video for the dumbbell anime after doing a little "research"

@DrUpauli Жыл бұрын

Lol. Glad you enjoyed it

@isac8475 9 ай бұрын

underated video

@DrUpauli 8 ай бұрын

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@vinsmokedsanji9962 Жыл бұрын

Great video as always.

@JonyPlayz1 Жыл бұрын

Interesting video

@DrUpauli Жыл бұрын

Glad you think so!

@bendu8282 Жыл бұрын

Well damn

@thecowboy9698 2 ай бұрын

Feeling guilt over making bad decisions, especially those that hurt other people, is good in itself, but it isn't enough if it doesn't motivate us to change. There is no such thing as subjective morality.There are certain things that are always things that are always wrong, and no matter what bullshit you try to spin to justify it, the things that are inherently wrong will always be such.

@unclesamuel2076 Жыл бұрын

Great Vid, also 1:0 like to dislike ratio!

@StarWarsExpert_ 7 ай бұрын

brooooo, don't spoil that much directly at the beginning. I accidentaly clicked this.

@DrUpauli 7 ай бұрын

The show is like 10 years old

@StarWarsExpert_ 7 ай бұрын

@@DrUpauli Fine

@chimpwimp9407 2 ай бұрын

@@DrUpauli The problem I have with this statement is that there are hundreds of thousands of pieces of media to consume (just from tv shows alone). I still to this today haven't finished Better Call Saul. If anything you could at least put a spoiler warning.